November 9th : Read 40 minutes for AR tonight and make sure your comparative
essay is finished and in my hands by tomorrow. Do a reading log if you have
completed one for this week.
October 16th Reading Logs are due on Monday. Read 20 mintures each night.
Vocabulary test is on Tuesday. End of the quarter is this Friday and AR is
due in completion. READ!
October 13, 2009 It certainly has been forever since I did see you. Please
remember that we are doing the presentations starting Wednesday. Vocabulary
stories will be due Wednesday, the 14th if you have them, or on Thursday,
the
15th. Not later thatn Thursday though. Then we will have a vocabualry test
on Friday. I hope you have been reading AR since you have had very little
homework due to the tests.
October 6, 2009 Homework outline: Vocabulary words and their definition
should be written in your reading notebook and now add the synonyms,
antonyms
and parts of speech from the paper I gave you today. I will check this the
next time we have class, which will be either Monday or Tuesday of next
week. The vocabulary story based on these words is due on Tuesday and your
reading log as usual is due to be handed in on Monday. You need to be
reading your AR. I will also give you questions to answer on chapters 4 and
5 in the book That was Then This is Now. We have completed chapter 4 so you
will need to finish chapter 5 on your own. Please keep working on this
through till next week.
October 5, 2009 I am not sure when you will have reading again, but I am
hoping we will have a class tomorrow. We will present the power points.
Then I will give you the paper for the synonyms, antonyms and parts of
speech. These need to be written in your reading notebook by Wednesday,
whether we have class or not, I will collect them to look them over to make
sure you did them. Then the vocabulary story is due next Tuesday, I can
collect it even if we do not have class and then the Vocabulary test is next
Thursday, OCtober 15th. I will also require you to read over the break and
write a summary of the chapter or chapters you will read. Reading Logs are
due next Monday as usual. Some of you are really behind on these!!!
September 29th Book questiosn are due on Wednesday. Vocabulary is due on
Thursday
SEptember 11, 2009: Reading Log is due on Monday, September 14th. Remember
dates below: Vocabulary story is due on Tuesday, September 15th and the
vocabulary test is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16th.
SEptember 8, 2009: Here ;is the first set of vocabulary for the book That
was Then This is Now: PLease note the due dates. A copy of this paper was
given out to all students in class.
MRS. HAMM’S GRADE 8 READING :
Here is the vocabulary for the first two chapters of the book That Was Then
This is Now . Please write the word, definition, part of speech, synonym
and antonym in your reading spiral notebook. These are due on Friday,
September 11, 2009. Vocabulary story using at least 12 of these words is
due on Tuesday, September 15th. Please type the vocabulary story. I will
take 10 points off for not having it typed. You may email the story to
me. at gingerhamm@gmail.com You may also plan to stay after and use the
computers in my room to type the story. The vocabulary test will be on
Wednesday, September 16th.
abruptly
probation
profound
sole
tactfully
taunting
winced
assault
gawky
homely
inclined
lame
lanky
scrounge
sheen
slight
wry
Summer book Report is due on Monday, typed and stapled to the cover page.
First Reading log is due on Monday, August 31st. Study vocabulary, test is
on Tuesday.
Have a good week-end and I hope I see you at the Picnic on Sunday.
September 1: Please read over this, which was given to you as a handout
today. Think about which decade you would like to research. Please notE
dates when all is due. You will have some time in class to work on this,
but
you also need to work on it after school or at home. PLEASE COME ON
WEDNESDAY
READY TO DISCUSS AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW
PROJECT.
GRADE 8 PROJECT FOR THAT WAS THEN THIS IS NOW
CHOOSE A DECADE, THE 1900’s, 1910’s 20’s, 30’s 40’s 50’S, 60’S, 70’S 80’S
AND
90’S AND RESEARCH LIFE DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME AND DRAW COMPARISONS TO
LIFE NOW IN THE 2000’S.
YOU MUST INCLUDE RESEARCH ON AT LEAST FOUR OF THESE TOPICS IN YOUR
• TECHNOLOGY
• FAMILY LIFE
• EDUCATION
• CIVIL RIGHTS
• RELIGION
• STATE OF THE WORLD (i.e. is there a war going on, is one particular
government against the rest of the world, i.e. Communism, dictatorship, etc.)
• ECONOMY
• TRANSPORTATION
YOU MAY CHOOSE TOPICS FROM THIS LIST ALSO:
• MUSIC
• FAMOUS INVENTIONS
• SPORTS PERSONS
• ENTERTAINMENT: ACTORS/ACTRESSES, MOVIES, ETC.
• AUTHORS WHO WROTE DURING YOUR DECADE
• FASHION, FADS and FOOD
YOUR PROJECT MUST INCLUDE THESE:
• A LIST OF (BULLETTED LIST) OF THE MAIN EVENTS IN YOUR DECADE (15pts)
• A BIBLIOGRAPHY (10pts)
• A POWER POINT OF ALL YOUR INFORMATION ON SLIDES (NO MORE THAN 15, NO
LESS THAN 10 OR ANOTHER IDEA WOULD BE: NEWSPAPER (FRONT PAGE AND AS MANY
PAGES THAT YOU NEED TO DISPLAY YOUR INFORMATION) INCLUDE HEADLINES, PICTURES
AND TEXT. Your newspaper articles will include all of your material that
you
have researched about your decade. Write your information as though you are
a newspaper reporter reporting on the news of your decade.)(100 pts)
• A ONE PAGE PAPER COMPARING YOUR DECADE TO THE PRESENT DAY DECADE
2000-
2010 EXPLAINING IN YOUR OPINION, WHICH DECADE THE OLD ONE OR THE 2000 DECADE
YOU THINK AND FEEL WOULD BE THE BEST TO LIVE IN. GIVE POSITIVES AND
NEGATIVES OF LIFE IN BOTH DECADES AND THEN GIVE SPECIFIC REASONS WHY YOU
THINK THE DECADE IS THE BEST. This paper is not part of your newspaper, it
is separate. (100pts)
• A PRESENTATION OF YOUR VISUAL COMPARISON AND A VERBAL SUMMARY OF
YOUR
PAPER. (50pts)
THIS PROJECT IS DUE ON September 21st. Presentations will be made on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of that week. No extensions will be given!!
Please note that there is a point value after every requirement. They total
100points. I expect the bibliography to follow the format Mr. C has given
you. I expect the newspaper articles and the paper to be typed and edited
making sure there is correct spelling and grammar. Also make sure that you
edit your power point before making your presentation. Editing errors will
lower your points and your grade! Please if you have questions ask me now
and
do not wait until the week this project is due. This project is worth two
test grades!! It is also on my web page under Grade 8 Reading.
